The most recent Visa Bulletin shows substantial retrogression in the visa availability for second preference family based immigrant petitions. The backward movement in processing times is a setback for lawful permanent residents...

The January 2009 Visa Bulletin was released. This visa bulletin is of special note because it contains a section explaining how visa numbers are calculated and distributed. Also of special imporance is the estimated cut-off...

The December 2009 Visa Bulletin was released. Third preference employment-based processing dates are June 1, 2002 for all chargeable areas. Second preference numbers remain current for all countries except China and India. ...

On October 9, 2009, the November 2009 Visa Bulletin was released.  The visa bulletin provides the availability of immigrant visas in the month of November.

Family Sponsored Preferences

Fam-ily All Charge-...